Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:15 pm, Posted by 8 | Social Media

Do College Professors Use Facebook?

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Social media is playing a bigger and bigger role in college education. From connecting students to enhancing the educational experience, it’s popping up everywhere. Does that mean college professors use Facebook?

Yes.

According to this snazzy infographic from Schools.com, 3 out of every 4 campus-based educators has a social media account. While this doesn’t mean they actively use it, it’s an interesting statistic. Nearly all professors are active on social media, and more than 80% of them use it as a teaching tool. Check out the infographic below to learn how college faculty are using social media both personally and professionally.

Source: http://www.schools.com/visuals/college-professors-on-facebook.html

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Paula Ugalde

Percebo que os professores interagentes ativos, que sabem e usam o Fb com objetivos educacionais estão localizados em centros maiores. Tem muitos professores que não alcançaram ainda a lógica do uso das Redes Sociais, da web 2.0...da Sociedade da Informação e da Comunicação em que vivemos. Tem os que utilizam para *estar* na mídia de vitrine, que usam o Fb para *pavoagem*, *autopromoção*, questões de *Ego*...Tem os que usam como clube de amigos seletos e não se mostram abertos a interação com os alunos...Alguns desses creio que se relacione a necessidade de autoafirmação, de demonstrar que seus *canudos* lhe garantem *superioridade* hierárquica e com isso ignoram os alunos como se fossem destituídos de qualquer fala inteligente...relevante... Tem ainda os superocupados e que por isso não encontram *tempo* para se relacionar pois utilizam para trocas entre pares... Ainda os que usam para o que considero *futilidades alienantes* e me corrijam se *não alcanço* sentido para Farmvilles e similares...
Tem os que aproveitam para se atualizar lendo as indicações na vã esperança de *pegarem*... Tem todo tipo de professor neste período de transição... Opinativamente diria que a tendência é a adesão crescer, a partir da apropriação do uso e alcance das possibilidades de criação de situações de aprendizagem, onde está a habilidade de comunicar-se com o Outro.

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Reggie M

I use Facebook for education purposes teaching audio production. And to keep from seeing my profile I create a separate profile especially for their use..

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Sal P.

Great stats. I wonder how many of these Prof's use FB for educational purposes or just like the rest of us! I don't think I would want my students seeing my FB profile.

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